I think it's worthy enough to be enjoyed without having to advertise for apple.

I will forever not understand this culture of people whose critique of others' music based solely on their own standards and not musical ones. By all musical standards it's a fantastic album. Musicians will do whatever they want and those who base their standards on musical ones will always have done themselves a service.

"It sounds too much like an Aphex Twin album, very disappointing." Come off it.

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Originally Posted by Kvlt O)))

Might just not be my thing.

This is the most apt reasoning for not enjoying it. I've personally been a huge fan of Richard and the Aphex Twin name, and pretty much everything else he's done. His music is totally my thing and therefore I enjoy it.

As a musician, are there things I would have done differently? Absolutely!

I think it's worthy enough to be enjoyed without having to advertise for apple.

I will forever not understand this culture of people whose critique of others' music based solely on their own standards and not musical ones. By all musical standards it's a fantastic album. Musicians will do whatever they want and those who base their standards on musical ones will always have done themselves a service.

"It sounds too much like an Aphex Twin album, very disappointing." Come off it.

This is the most apt reasoning for not enjoying it. I've personally been a huge fan of Richard and the Aphex Twin name, and pretty much everything else he's done. His music is totally my thing and therefore I enjoy it.

As a musician, are there things I would have done differently? Absolutely!

You, and I, are not him.

I was reading this and hadn't bothered to check the user name and was like "This has GOT to be a Proton post."

I will forever not understand this culture of people whose critique of others' music based solely on their own standards and not musical ones. By all musical standards it's a fantastic album. Musicians will do whatever they want and those who base their standards on musical ones will always have done themselves a service.

I'm not sure what you mean. The term "musical standards" seems to imply there being some objective way of measuring the quality of music, which doesn't exist. Am I misunderstanding something?

And Aphex Twin's music is definitely my thing, but the qualities that have come to define his music for me are lacking on Syro. It's not that I expect a certain sound, he's changed his style drastically on each release but his music has always been consistent in terms of ingenuity, emotional depth and brilliant sound design. The first two tracks and the last one are really good (xmas_evet10 is up there with his best) but the rest of the album is a bit underwhelming.

I really liked it initially but I've faded on it of late. I still think it is one of his better albums but I am not a huge fan of his work outside of the analord stuff and a few classic tracks here and there. After the first 5 listens I would have scored it an 8 but now a 7.